Fabulous Fearnley wins gold

Australian wheelchair racer Kurt Fearnley won the gold medal in the T54 1,500 metres at the Commonwealth Games on Sunday in a time of three minutes, 19.86 seconds.

Fellow Australian Richard Colman was second in 3:20.90, with Canada's Josh Cassidy third.

Fearnley, who in 2009 completed an arduous 96-kilometre crawl along the Kokoda Track in Papua New Guinea, will now turn his attention to defending the New York Marathon title he has won four times.

Fearnley was nominated for the prestigious Laureus world sportsperson of the year with a disability award earlier this year, but lost out to South African swimmer Natalie du Toit, who is also competing at the Delhi Games.

Fearnley, who was not expected to live for more than a week when he was born, is a Paralympic gold medallist and has also won the London and Chicago Marathons.

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